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For more than 40 years, we have created award-winning, people-centred architecture, and today more than 500 of us work across seven studios worldwide. Our studios are collaborative and democratic. We believe that the best outcomes come from bringing together people with different skills, backgrounds and ways of thinking.\nWe’re now looking for a Commercial Manager to join our London studio and lead the commercial management of a large, complex infrastructure project. You’ll protect the practice’s commercial position while giving our design teams the clarity and confidence they need to do their best work.\nYou’ll report to the Project Partner and work closely with the project design leadership. You’ll be their trusted commercial adviser, the person who spots risks early, explains them clearly and helps the team make good decisions.\nWhat you’ll do\nLead commercial strategy: set up and run the project’s commercial management plan, controls, reporting cycle and delegated authorities.\nAdvise the leadership team: present clear options, explain their implications and recommend the best course of action.\nOwn the numbers: keep a live view of profitability, cash flow, work in progress, forecast outturn and the fee and resource plan, and work with design leads to test their plans against scope and programme.\nManage change: identify, price, negotiate and close changes, additional services and compensation events, and make sure out-of-scope work is properly instructed before it starts.\nLook after billing and cash: lead applications for payment and invoicing, and monitor certification, retentions and aged debt.\nManage subconsultants: oversee the commercial side from procurement and appointment through to performance, payment and close-out.\nKeep risk and governance on track: own the commercial risk and opportunity register, and work with Legal, Finance and professional risk colleagues on liability, insurance and contractual matters.\nDevelop people: you may line manage and support the development of our Project Finance Coordinator and Project Administrators.\nWhat we’re looking for\nEssential:\nExperience of commercial management on large or complex projects in infrastructure, construction, engineering or professional services.\nA good understanding of appointments, fee management, forecasting, change control and managing subconsultants.\nExperience of working with complex contractual agreements\nStrong analytical and Excel skills, and the ability to turn data into clear, practical recommendations.\nThe confidence to negotiate, influence and challenge constructively, and to explain commercial issues in plain language to designers and other non-finance colleagues.\nDesirable:\nExperience within an architecture or design practice.\nA qualification or accreditation such as MRICS, MCIOB or APM. 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